Nancy Dawson was so fineShe wouldn’t get up to serve the swine;She lies in bed till eight or nine,So it’s Oh, poor Nancy Dawson. And do ye ken Nancy Dawson, honey?The wife who sells the barley, honey?She won’t get up to feed her swine,And do ye ken Nancy Dawson, honey?

THE GIRL IN THE LANEThe girl in the lane, that couldn’t speak plain,  Cried, “Gobble, gobble, gobble”:The man on the hill that couldn’t stand still,  Went hobble hobble, hobble.

HUSH-A-BYE  Hush-a-bye, baby,    Daddy is near;Mamma is a lady,  And that’s very clear.

JACK SPRAT    Jack Sprat    Could eat no fat,His wife could eat no lean;    And so,    Betwixt them both,They licked the platter clean.

JACK JELF    Little Jack Jelf    Was put on the shelfBecause he could not spell “pie”;    When his aunt, Mrs. Grace,    Saw his sorrowful face,She could not help saying, “Oh, fie!”     And since Master Jelf    Was put on the shelfBecause he could not spell “pie,”    Let him stand there so grim,    And no more about him,For I wish him a very good-bye!

THE MOUSE AND THE CLOCKHickory, dickory, dock!The mouse ran up the clock;  The clock struck one,  And down he run,Hickory, dickory, dock!

BLUE BELL BOYI had a little boy,  And called him Blue Bell;Gave him a little work,–  He did it very well. I bade him go upstairs  To bring me a gold pin;In coal scuttle fell he,  Up to his little chin. He went to the garden  To pick a little sage;He tumbled on his nose,  And fell into a rage. He…

GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER Goosey, goosey, gander,  Whither dost thou wander?Upstairs and downstairs  And in my lady’s chamber. There I met an old man  Who wouldn’t say his prayers;I took him by the left leg,  And threw him down the stairs.

PINSSee a pin and pick it up,All the day you’ll have good luck.See a pin and let it lay,Bad luck you’ll have all the day.

HUMPTY DUMPTY Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;All the King’s horses, and all the King’s menCannot put Humpty Dumpty together again.